General Legal Question

Re: General Legal Question

• TarponMonoxide member

  

  October 2014

  bri123abc said:

  Hi everyone

  I have a general legal question I was wondering if I could please get some assistance with. Is it considered harassment or stalking to text someone, they don't reply, and then you log into your significant others Facebook account to confront them for blocking you and call them immature? I did not do this, I am just wondering if this is considered harassment or stalking. What is the best course of action to take if this occurs? Would you ignore it, block the husband also, ask them to stop? What would you do? Thank you so much everyone

  It's being petty if somebody does it ONCE.
  
  If it continually happens in person after you've done all you could to eliminate this person from contacting you electronically and you have told this person to stop contacting you, then I would say it is harassment.
  
  For now, block them and eliminate ways for them to contact you: block their phone number from coming "through" to your landline, change your email address(es), etc.
  

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• bri123abc member

  

  October 2014

  Thanks very much. This person's email address was blocked, I do not respond to her texts, and she was blocked on Facebook. She then tracked me down by logging into her husband's FB account (not on my friends list) and confronting me. I did not respond. Should I block him now too?

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• TarponMonoxide member

  

  October 2014

  Don't reply. You'll fuel the fire.
  
  Blocking him would be a fine idea.
  

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• Erikan73 member

  

  October 2014

  Since it happened more then once I would go ahead & block him. Also make sure that your facebook page (and any other social media outlets you use) are set up for max privacy. So that way she can't go & create a new profile or use someone elses page to contact you. I wouldn't however, delete the message from her husband's page or the texts if you have them. This way if it continues to elevate and you do need to contact the authorities, you'll have evidence on what has been going on. Check with your phone provider, you may be able to block her from your phone. I know Verizon has an option where you can block a number from being able to call/text you for up to 90 days for no charge. By that point, the person would probably think you've changed your number. If they try again after 90 days, you can block them again.

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• bri123abc member

  

  October 2014

  Thank you so much this is most helpful.

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